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Crime and (a preference for) punishment : the effects of drug policy reform on policing activity
Soliman, Adam - 2021
environment. Using geocoded crime data and a novel source of within-city spatial and temporal variation in punishment severity, I … consistent with police treating enforcement effort and punishment severity as complementary. I also find that citywide crime and … punishment and suggests that certain types enforcement can be reduced without incurring large public safety costs …
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Policy-Induced Substitution to Illicit Drugs and Implications for Law Enforcement Activity
Mallatt, Justine - 2020
US states have implemented many policies to lessen the severity of the opioid crisis. This study investigates two classes of policies--Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) and their usage mandates and ``Pill Mill Bills"--and their effects on illicit drug markets. PDMPs and their...
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The Individual Mandate Tax Penalty
Kahn, Jeffrey H. - 2013
In 2010, President Obama signed legislation that significantly altered the healthcare and health insurance markets in the United States. An integral part of that reform is the individual mandate, a provision that requires individuals to purchase and maintain healthcare insurance. Failure to...
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The effect of cannabis legalization on substance demand and tax revenues
Miller, Keaton; Seo, Boyoung - In: National tax journal 74 (2021) 1, pp. 107-145
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Legalizing harmful drugs : government participation and optimal policies
Arnabal Rocca, Luis Rodrigo - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 23 (2023) 1, pp. 113-164
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The impact of fine size and uncertainty on punishment and deterrence : theory and evidence from the laboratory
Feess, Eberhard; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Schramm, … - 2015
of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when …
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Punitive police? : agency costs, law enforcement, and criminal procedure
Dharmapala, Dhammika; Garoupa, Nuno; McAdams, Richard H. - 2015 - Revised version: April 2015
evidence on punishment preferences, in which subjects reveal a heterogeneous preference for punishing wrongdoers, our model … identifies circumstances in which “punitive” individuals (with stronger-than-average punishment preferences) will self …-select into law enforcement jobs that offer the opportunity to punish (or facilitate the punishment of) wrongdoers. Such “punitive …
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The value of punishment of free riders : a case study on the receiving fee system of the Japanese public broadcasting organization
Kakizawa, Hisanobu - 2017
Social preferences for the punishment of free riders are critical for generating cooperative behavior in human society …. Focusing on the receiving fees of Japan's public broadcaster, this study analyses how punishment of free riders, that is, the …
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Moral Hazard in Drug Purchases
Harju, Jarkko; Verho, J - 2023
We study the moral hazard effects of the drug copayment threshold in Finland using detailed prescription drug purchase data. The analysis reveals that the average drug costs increase discontinuously by 17% at the threshold above which out-of-pocket drug costs decrease substantially. Our results...
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Doping and cheating in contest-like situations
Kräkel, Matthias (contributor) - 2006
Individuals who compete in a contest-like situation (for example, in sports, in promotion tournaments, or in an appointment contest) may have an incentive to illegally utilize resources in order to improve their relative positions. We analyze such doping or cheating within a tournament game...
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